The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.
BEN STEINHollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
More Ben Stein Quotes
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Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.
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When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, ‘Just go to sleep.’ Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve realized just how smart Knight was.
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When are American Jews going to realize that the Republican Party is far better for Israel than the Democrats?
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Put simply, the rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they don’t pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay, or as a percentage of what the government needs to close the deficit gap.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
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A corporation’s responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
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I don’t consider an actor a star if he’s paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they’re not role models.
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called ‘Legend’ by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear.
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong.
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You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot
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I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?
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Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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